QR Challenge: Scavenger Hunt

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. 1. What year did the author Kwame Alexander visit John Griffin?	2016
2. 2. Who was the Media Center Art Contest Winner in 2010?	Maria Mercier
3. 3. What place did John Griffin get in the 2005-2006 Battle of the Books competition?	1st
4. 4. What life sized book character is located in the media center?	Greg Hefferly
5. 5. According to our signage, which direction is Terabithia?	South
6. 6. What is the name of the periodical about dogs?	Dogster
7. 7. What do we use to cite sources when doing research?	EasyBib
8. 8. How many copies do we have of the ebook Geometry it's easy?	Unlimited
9. 9. What types of books do you find in the 921 section of the library?	Biographies
10. 10. On our wall what message did Kathryn Erskine write to the students of John Griffin?	Happy reading

 

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